मैत्रेय उवाच इत्युदाहृतमाकर्ण्य भगवान्नारदस्तदा । प्रीत: प्रत्याह तं बालं सद्वाक्यमनुकम्पया ॥ ३९ ॥
maitreya uvaca ity udahrtam akarnya bhagavan naradas tada pritah pratyaha tam balam sad-vakyam anukampaya
- maitreyah uvaca
- the sage Maitreya continued
- iti
- thus
- udahrtam
- being spoken
- akarnya
- hearing
- bhagavan naradah
- the great personality Narada
- tada
- thereupon
- pritah
- being pleased
- pratyaha
- replied
- tam
- him
- balam
- the boy
- sat-vakyam
- good advice
- anukampaya
- being compassionate.
The sage Maitreya continued: The great personality Narada Muni, upon hearing the words of Dhruva Maharaja, became very compassionate toward him, and in order to show him his causeless mercy, he gave him the following expert advice.